gentility

名词 gentility:

1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
   同义词：breeding, genteelness

1. Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity, and afraid of being overtake.
   时髦，是逃亡自庸俗而又惟恐被？上的假斯文。
2. His gentility is purely made up.
   他的文雅都是装出来的。

gen.til.i.ty

n.（名词）
The quality of being well-mannered; refinement.
优雅：举止优雅的品质；优雅
The condition of being born to the gentry.
高贵出身：出身于贵族的状况
Persons of high social standing considered as a group.
上流社会：作为一个整体的上层社会的成员
An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
假派头：试图表达或保持优雅和得体的外表的努力

来源：
Middle English gentilete [nobility of birth]
中古英语 gentilete [出身高贵]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin gentolit3s
源自 拉丁语 gentolit3s
from gentolis [of the same clan] * see gentle
源自 gentolis [同一部族的] *参见 gentle